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Correspondence.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Any forms of addressed and written communication sent and received, including letters, postcards, memorandums, notes, telegrams, or cables.

Found in 7214 Collections and/or Records:

Correspondence and papers of Lieutenant-General G H Hutton concerning his researches into the ecclesiastical antiquities of Scotland, volume 11: Inverness-shire, Ross-shire, Orkney., 1785-1823, undated.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.29.4.2(xi)
Scope and Contents

Folios 289r-290v contain Gaelic verses headed 'the Abbot of Fearn's advice to his foster son'. The verses (7 quatrains) and English translation form part of notes, 1815, written for Hutton by Rev. Hugh Ross, minister of Fearn.

Dates: 1785-1823, undated.

Correspondence and papers of Lieutenant-General William Taylor and his family.

 File
Identifier: MS.15981
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: (i) Family correspondence of Charles J Taylor with some letters to his wife, 1835-1877, undated, including letters from General Taylor to his son after Charles left India as a child (folio 1); (ii) Financial papers, 1845-1866, of General Taylor (folio 76); (iii) Miscellaneous papers, 1878-1898, undated, chiefly concerning Kenneth N Innes Taylor who died in Argentina in 1898 (folio 156).

Dates: 1855-1898.

Correspondence and papers of Lord Macleod of Fuinary.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9084
Scope and Contents

Includes papers concerning the Iona Community.

Dates: 1935-1969.

Correspondence and papers of Major-General James Stuart, younger brother of Andrew Stuart., 1775-1791.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.8326-8455
Scope and Contents The papers chiefly refer to James Stuart's stay in India as an officer (later Commander-in-Chief) of the forces of the East India Company based at Fort St George (Madras). The most detailed portions of the papers cover the year immediately prior to Stuart's dismissal from the Company's service in 1783. Stuart appears to have retained these papers as justification of his actions and as a defence against accusations of inefficiency. He made different sets of copies of much of his...
Dates: 1775-1791.

Correspondence and papers of Margaret O W Oliphant and others.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.23209-23219
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of letters of and to and papers of Margaret Oliphant and members of her family (MSS.23209-23211), her bank pass-book (MS.23212), diaries (MSS.23213-23216) and manuscripts of two of her works (MSS.23217-23219).

Dates: 1754, 1762, 1844-1921, undated.

Correspondence and papers of Mary Buchanan Drew, with correspondence of Lady Lilian Adam Smith.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.14385/1-74
Scope and Contents The main part of the collection comprises the correspondence between Lady Lilian Adam Smith and her eldest daughter, Mary ['Maisie'] Buchanan Drew. These letters contain detailed, diary-like letters relating domestic matters, news and comments on current affairs, and family anecdotes and reflections, between the 1910s and Lady Lilian's death in 1949 and covering both World Wars. The collection also includes a series of Mary Buchanan Drew's journals, with a detailed account of her relocation...
Dates: c.1900-1972.

Correspondence and papers of Mary E Haldane, consisting chiefly of letters written to her by members of her family, chiefly her sisters and brother, and of her husband's family, and by friends., 1833-1925, undated.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.20005-20019
Scope and Contents

The correspondence is largely concerned with family events and personal matters, many of which are connected with evangelical religion, in which both the Haldane and Burdon-Sanderson families were influential.

Dates: 1833-1925, undated.

Correspondence and papers of members of the families of Haldane of Cloan, and Burdon-Sanderson of West Jesmond, chiefly Mrs Mary E Haldane, née Burdon-Sanderson.

 Fonds
Identifier: MSS.20005-20036
Scope and Contents

There are letters and papers of Mary Haldane’s sisters Jane and Elizabeth, and her brother Sir John Burdon-Sanderson, Baronet, and his wife, Ghetal, née Herschell. There are also a few letters and papers of Mrs Haldane's daughter Elizabeth S Haldane, and collections of press-cuttings relating to her son Richard, Viscount Haldane.

Dates: 1833-1925, undated.

Correspondence and papers of Mrs Mary E Haldane, her parents Richard and Elizabeth Burdon-Sanderson of West Jesmond, her sister Jane, and her son Richard B Haldane, later Viscount Haldane.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.20037-20079
Scope and Contents

Small quantities of letters and papers of other members of Mary E Haldane's family are contained in different parts of the collection. Also contained is a small quantity of letters and papers to Anne, wife of General Sir David Baird, and her sister Catherine Campbell Preston.

Dates: 1809-1937, undated.